Ask ME Questions- I'm a first yr.

LAC_operon
Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:27:55 +0000

I really wanted to (and sort of still want to) go to Carleton. I was waitlisted: they said that it was the hardest yr to get in ever (if I had applied last yr or couple yrs ago I would have gotten in) and that the class was too big already - so that even if people dropped out, there wouldn’t be room for waitlisted people. I was pretty disappointed - i got additional recommendations from teachers and visited - talked with the dean, etc etc. Alas, I came to Whitman (I spent all of May first debating Whitman over Grinnell - checking the box “yes” and “no” for both schools over and over -I still really like Grinnell and Carleton, but I am very happy at Whitman and I love the campus, the kids, profs, etc. Good luck with Carleton (I know what you mean by not wanting to be accepted to make the choice easier - I applied to 12 schools and got into many of them - and it was incredibly hard to pick - esp. Whitman vs Grinnell and with my hopes still pinned on Carleton. all 3 schools are very similar - other students here applied there as well, caught in my same dilemmas: Whitman vs Carleton or Whitman vs Grinnell… I wish you the best!